Cigarette extinguisher



June 7, 1938. JOHNSON' 2,120,027

CIGARETTE EXTINGUI SHER Filed Nov. 11, 1957 Inventor A iiorneyg PatentedJune 7, 1938 UNITED .STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to an extinguisher for a cigarette, the generalobject of the invention being to provide a tubular member for holding acigarette with means therein for extinguishing the lighted end of thecigarette so that the partially used cigarette can be relighted andsmoked, thus reducing the number of cigarettes used by a smoker.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustratedin the accompanying drawing andspecifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:- I

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through the invention.

Figure 2 is a view looking into the open end thereof. Y

As shown in this drawing the device comprises 25 a tubular member Ihaving one end closed and its other end open and this open end isprovided with a flaring part 2 for facilitating the entrance of thelighted end of the cigarette into the member. At the closed end a seriesof inwardly ex- 30 tending flanges 3 are formed on the side walls of themember and these flanges slope inwardly and toward the open end of thedevice and the flanges gradually increase in width toward the closed endof the device. Thus the opening 35 formed by the inner circumferences ofthese flanges tapers toward the closed end was to form a conical recessfor receiving the lighted end of the cigarette placed in the device. Onthe bottom or closed end of the device are arranged 40 the flanges 4,the free edges of which forms. bottom for the conical opening and theseflanges may be formed and arranged as shown in Figures 1 and 2.

Thus when a lighted cigarette is placed in the device the lighted endwill be engaged by the inner edges ofthe flanges 3 and 4 which act 5 tosmother the burning end of the cigarette and "thus extinguish the sameand this is done without crushing the cigarette so that the cigarettecan be taken from the device and relighted and smoked. Thus this devicewill save the smoker expense in buying cigarettes as it will reduce thenumber he smokes as the device will enable the smoker to practicallyconsume each cigarette before he throws it away.

It is thought from the foregoing description 15 that the advantages andnovel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction andin the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that20 such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. A device ofthe class described comprising a tubular member open at one end andhaving its other end closed and a series of spaced flanges in'the'closed end, the inner circumferences of the flanges forming aconical opening for receiving the lighted end of a cigarette.

2. A cigarette extinguisher comprising a tubular member having one endopen and its other end closed, a series of flanges extending inwardlyfrom the inner walls of the member adjacent the closed end, said flangesextending at a forward angle from the member and gradually increasing inwidth toward the closed end, and inwardly extending flanges connectedwith the bottom of the member and terminating at the inner end of therearmost of the first-mentioned flanges. ELMER G. JOHNSON.

